Ro-Ko ought to play the 50-over World Cup

Former cricketer Suresh Raina believes Workforce India’s senior gamers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ought to play within the 2027 ODI World Cup. The 2 ace batters stay energetic in only one worldwide format, ODIs, having already retired from T20Is and Checks.

Raina opined that the selectors ought to give the 2 seasoned campaigners an opportunity for the showpiece occasion. He identified that Sharma additionally deserves to be a part of a 50-over World Cup-winning squad, a feat Virat Kohli achieved in 2011.

The 38-year-old additionally reckoned that Sharma ought to proceed because the ODI captain for the 2027 World Cup. Talking in an interview on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube channel, the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator stated (at 56:00)

“Ro-Ko ought to play the 50-over World Cup as a result of they gained Champions Trophy. They’ve loads of expertise and you understand Rohit will play domestics; he’s even working towards. All is dependent upon the selectors what workforce they’re forming.

“I might give as soon as probability to Rohit as captain and Virat Kohli each ought to play the 50-over World Cup. Virat gained in 2011 once we gained. Rohit also needs to win one title. I feel they’ll give them probability.”

It’s price noting that each Kohli and Sharma’s final look in worldwide cricket got here through the 2025 Champions Trophy. Underneath Sharma’s captaincy, the Males in Blue had a profitable marketing campaign, ending a 12-year ICC ODI trophy drought.

Kohli was India’s second-highest run-scorer within the event, amassing 218 runs throughout 5 innings at a mean of 54.50. Sharma, however, completed with a mean of 36.00, scoring 180 runs from 5 outings.

“I see him as a glimpse of MS Dhoni in him” – Suresh Raina names Workforce India star who ought to succeed Rohit Sharma because the ODI captain

Suresh Raina picked talismanic all-rounder Hardik Pandya as a deserving candidate for Workforce India’s ODI captaincy after Rohit Sharma’s retirement. He remarked that he had seen a glimpse of achieved chief MS Dhoni in Hardik.

Whereas Raina advised that Shubman Gill might even have a profitable stint, he hoped to see Hardik again within the white-ball captaincy race. The 2011 World Cup-winner stated in the identical interview (at 53:00):

“Shubman Gill any day, the best way they determine however I feel Hardik Pandya will do loads of miracles in white-ball cricket as a captain. Even Shubman Gill will be that man. Hopefully, he [Hardik] ought to turn into captain once more. He has expertise like Kapil Paji whether or not it’s batting, bowling or fielding.

“And he’s a really very optimistic man. The best way he has carried out, he’s a captain for the gamers. I see him as a glimpse of MS Dhoni in him, the best way he work together and conduct on the bottom, the vitality, I like essentially the most,” he added.

Hardik was India’s vice-captain throughout their 2024 T20 World Cup triumph. He was touted as Sharma’s successor in white-ball cricket. Nevertheless, he was later sidelined, and Suryakumar Yadav was named as the brand new T20I skipper after the showpiece occasion.